NEWSLETTER

June 2016 - January 2017 Issue no.12

"Construction and Rhythm" in Poland The Academy of Music and Dance played a central role in the celebrations of Wroclaw as the European Capital of Culture 2016

Udi Perlman, a graduate student of composition at the Jerusalem The initiator of the event, renowned British stage director Chris Baldwin, Academy of Music and Dance, musicians of the Mendi Rodan Symphony sought to transfer the story of the Polish Wroclaw, formerly German Orchestra and the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir took part in the Breslau, to future generations by referring to the four populations who main event celebrating Wroclaw in Poland as the European Capital of have a key part in the history of the city - German, Jewish, Polish and Culture 2016 in June 2016. A huge concert was held on the banks of the Ukrainian, and thus represent the story of all of Europe. Baldwin river Oder, featuring a compilation of works for choir and orchestra, the integrated a lighting system that matched and accompanied the Flow Quartet, whose four sections were each composed by a young execution of the musical scores, and performance art video was screened composer from a di erent country associated with the history of the city on the walls of the four churches that surround the compound where the of Wroclaw. Each part is also a work in and of itself and is linked to the concert took place. Screens were scattered throughout the city in order complex story of Wroclaw, with each chapter focusing on a separate to present the concert to the tens of thousands of visitors. historical period of the city, during the 20th century. The Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir was also selected to open the Udi Perlman composed the opening movement, "Construction and entire festival at an a-cappella concert held in the University of Wroclaw's Rhythm", which focused on the period between the World Wars, the days Auditorium Marianum, conducted by the choir's musical director, Prof. of the Weimar Republic - when the city was still part of Germany. "The Stanley Sperber. The choir performed 16 compositions, including text I chose," says Perlman, "is a poem by Heinrich Heine, translated into "Sacrice of Isaac" by Aharon Harlap, "God of my Word" by Paul Ben-Haim, Hebrew by Lea Goldberg: "You ow in my soul/Melody of purity/Fly, free "Depths" by Ben Yefet, and "Atur Mitzkhekh" by Yoni Rechter and spring song, to the expanse/ooded with light. Fly, please, to the Abraham Hal. garden/There the owering has begun/If you should meet a rose/Give Jerusalem Academy President Prof. Yinam Leef concluded: "We are her my blessing." There is a wonderful rendition of the song by Ester extremely proud that the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance was Ofarim and I decided to quote a section of that performance in my work. selected to represent Israel at the event in Wroclaw. We thank the I wanted to address the topic in an abstract and general way, and not in a Ministry of Foreign A airs, who also views our participation as very directly descriptive way. So I chose the text of Heine, which is horribly important, for its support." naive. I thought of it as a kind of symbol of the era of the past, a lost era, a kind of collective memory. The other parts of the piece are in Yiddish, Czech and German. " The other three movements were composed by composers from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, students from the academies of Wroclaw, Prague and Dresden. The Orchestra, comprised of 90 musicians from these academies, included 15 players of the Academy's Mendi Rodan Symphony Orchestra, and 30 vocalists of the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir sang in a choir of 160 singers from eight choirs.

1 MENDI RODAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA East to West – at the Israel Festival - June 2016 The concert was praised enthusiastically for the breadth and diversity of Concert of the Mendi Rodan Symphony Orchestra the program, and for the colorful and musical performance which was and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, IBA both polished and exciting. together with the representative ensemble of the Department of Winter Symphony Oriental Music at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance In early January 2017 The Mendi Rodan Symphony Orchestra opened the A festive joint concert of the Mendi Rodan Symphony Orchestra and the season with a fascinating concert dedicated to the memory of the fth Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra was held at the Israel Festival. The president of the State of Israel, Yitzhak Navon, Chairman of the Executive concert was dedicated to multicultural dialogue in the world of music - Committee (2004-1994) and honorary president of the Academy. from Russia to Yemen and from Vienna to Cairo. It was conducted by Eitan " SymphonyCantata " by Jonathan Keren, commissioned by the orchestra with the assistance of the Ministrry of Culture, made its world premiere, alongside Mozart's Violin Concerto and a symphony by Brahms. The orchestra was conducted by its musical director, Prof. Eitan Globerson, who pointed out the fascinating parts of the artistic program, "Two of the works in the program look back on one of the greatest composers of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach. The piece that opens the concert – "SymphoniCantata" by Israeli composer Jonathan Keren, and the final chapter of Brahms's Fourth Symphony whose inspiration came from the chorales of Globerson and Michael Wolpe, and the representative ensemble of the Bach cantatas." Academy's Department of Oriental Music participated with soloists Yonit Jonathan Keren is one of the most prominent composers of the younger Golan Shaked, Samia Ashqar and Dunia Darawshe. generation of musicians in the country. Speaking about his work The concert program included Mark Kopytman's "Sound of Memories" "SymphonyCantata", commissioned by the Mendi Rodan Symphony which blends Yemenite folk and contemporary classical concert music; a Orchestra, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Keren said: "A few medley of songs of Fairuz and Shoshana Damari, arranged specially for years ago I played the Bach's fourth cantata "Christ lag in Todes Banden". the concert by Ehud Perlman, Yoav Shemesh and Israel Glicksburg under Its opening, based on the choral melody, shocked me both by its beauty the tutelage of Prof. Michael Wolpe; the overture to "Die Entführung aus and by the pain it expresses. Bach's cantata was based entirely on the dem Serail" by Mozart, with a specially-arranged introductory piece by same choral melody, and Bach uses it in many di erent ways. Gradually Prof. Taiseer Elias, performed by the representative ensemble of the the idea came to me to write a work that is based on the same Lutheran Department of Oriental Music; and the symphonic suite Scheherazade choral melody, and actually write a tribute to Bach's cantata as a colorful by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. collage, or a clash of worlds." Sonatenabends at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance The 18th season of the concert series at the Academy is devoted to taken from the nascent state's song repertoire. Most arrangements were Sonatas - the most important musical genre in the history of music, from written at the invitation of Mira Zakai especially for the opening show of the Baroque period to the present. The meetings feature selections of the Israel Festival in 1988, dedicated to the celebration of 40 years of sonatas by familiar and favorite composers alongside fresh discoveries, Israel's independence. Since then, the arrangements were performed performed by artists from the Academy and guests from Israel and many times by leading Israeli artists on concert stages across the country abroad. Each session will be accompanied with explanations by elite and around the world, and have become the inalienable property of the Academic sta members. Series editor, Dr. Ron Regev, said: "The sonata is Jewish song repertoire. Menachem Wiesenberg accompanied on piano not only a title which nds its way to almost every concert's program; the two young Academy graduate vocalists, who stand out among the sonata is more than just a form. It is an entire musical philosophy, which future generation began to evolve during the Baroque period, and is with us to this day." of the country's In late November the rst concert in the series took place, with the theme vocalists, soprano of "Hungarian Sonata". In this concert piano improvisations were Anna Spitz and performed based on Hungarian peasant songs of Opus 20 and Sonata baritone Guy Peltz. No. 2 for violin and piano by Bartok, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody and Hungarian Dances for four hands by Brahms. The performers were Eyal Klass on violin, alongside both Gergely Kovacs, a guest from Hungary, and Dr. Ron Regev on piano, with a lecture by Dr. Ron Regev and Prof. Paul Richter, also a visitor from Hungary. The second concert in the series, "Songs of the Land", was held in early December 2016 as a tribute to the international alto singer Mira Zakai. The concert featured artistic arrangements by Menachem Wiesenberg,

2 Finish Line Festival for completion of the Master's degree in Dance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance is the only Israeli institution to The works of the master's degree graduates were presented to the public o er a Master's Degree in Dance. In December the Finish Line Festival who came to watch a fascinating encounter between di erent and featured the works of the third cycle of graduates of the Academy's diverse perspectives that occur in the eld of contemporary dance and M.Dance program. the various artistic and philosophical worlds. They showed how poetry The festival was held for the second time, and its format includes speaks with dance, how dance connects the personal to the international presentation of public works in conjunction with dialogue over co ee and to the intergenerational space, how gender thought is expressed between the creator and Dance Faculty teachers, with audience through dance and how dance can be a personal research laboratory. participation.

Guests at the Academy

Delegation from the Franz Liszt Academy in

In November 2016 the Academy hosted musicologist Prof. Pal Richter and pianist Gergely Kovacs from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. The visit, sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign A airs and Trade, added a new layer to the fruitful cooperation between the two academies. The visitors also gave guest lectures and concerts, which focused on the music of Bela Bartok. Events included a lecture by Prof. Richter on Bartok's contribution, Gergely Kovacs' master class for Academy students featuring selected piano works by Bartok, and Kovacs' performance in a concert part one of the Academy's chamber music series.

Delegation from the National University of Music in

In December 2016 the Academy hosted a delegation of musicians from the National University of Music in Bucharest, . The delegation, headed by the Master Prof. Diana Moss, included the composer Prof. Dan Dediu, musicologist Prof. Valentina Sando- Dediu and six members of the Prole Ensemble, which specializes in contemporary music. The delegation held two concerts of the ensemble, dedicated to contemporary Romanian music at the Academy, and presented lectures on musioclogy issues, and master classes on a variety of instruments as well as on composition. This visit was made possible thanks to the cooperation between the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and the Music Academy in Bucharest, under the auspices of and support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv.

Emmet Cohen Trio

In December 2016 we hosted Emmet Cohen's internationally acclaimed trio of Emmet Cohen from the USA, within the framework of cooperation with the Jazz Festival at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The Trio's players gave a master class for Academy students, who also performed. All the musicians who participated and the entire audience were excited by the intensity of the experience. The trio's bassist and drummer, Russell Hall and Evan Sherman respectively. also opened and held a Jam Session with Academy students, at the opening of the Festival at the Post Hostel in Jerusalem.

3 Honorary Awards granted at the International Board of Governors of the Academy in 2016 At a ceremony at the International Board of Governors Meeting in 2016 the Academy awarded honorary degrees. The title of Honorary Trustee was bestowed upon Mr. Ran Tuttnauer and Mrs. Hava Tuttnauer. Titles of Honorary Fellow were conferred on to conductor Avner Itai and choreographer Rami Be'er. The Academy inscribed Mr. Motti Shmitt, Professor Vyacheslav (Slava) Ganelin and Ms. Smadar Kolben into its Golden Book.

The title of Honorary Trustee was bestowed upon Mrs. Hava Tuttnauer, and upon her son Mr. Ran Tuttnauer, Director and CEO of Tuttnauer Ltd. respectively, for their support of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, their belief in the importance of music education and long-standing contributions to culture and leisure in Jerusalem; and for their commemoration of the name of their late husband and father, Joshua Tuttnauer, who had a great love for music, by a signicant contribution to the Joshua Tuttnauer Ankor Choir. We thank Mr. Ran Tuttnauer for declaring their continued support for the Ankor Choir for an additional for ve years. The title of Honorary Fellow was bestowed upon the conductor Prof. Avner Itai for his contribution to the development of professional and artistic choral singing in Israel, for the establishment of the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir, and his many years with the Ihud Choir and Cameran Choir; for the dedicated pedagogical work and the establishment of generations of students, based on high artistic standards in relation to culture, language and Hebrew poetry, and for promoting original choral pieces in Israel.

The title of Honorary Fellow was bestowed upon the The title Honorary Fellow was awarded to choreographer conductor Prof. Avner Itai for his contribution to the Rami Be'er for his work of many years with the Kibbutz development of professional and artistic choral singing in Contemporary Dance Company and for his contribution to Israel, for the establishment of the Jerusalem Academy the development of creativity in choreography in Israel; for Chamber Choir, and his many years with the Ihud Choir and great achievements in his original works which combines Cameran Choir; for the dedicated pedagogical work and the unique theatrical thinking and universal artistic expression establishment of generations of students, based on high resulting from the Israeli experience; and for making artistic standards in relation to culture, language and Hebrew contemporary dance accessible to new audiences, young poetry, and for promoting original choral pieces in Israel. and old alike. New appointments Amir Kolben - Dean of the Faculty of Dance Ms Mai Israeli Leshman – Head of the Cross-Disciplinary Vocal Dana Bar - Head of the Movement Department, Faculty of Dance Division, Faculty of Cross-Disciplinary Music Yuval Cohen - Head of the Cross-Disciplinary Instrumental Dr. Amit Weiner – Head of the Cross-Disciplinary Composition Division, Faculty of Cross-Disciplinary Music Division, Faculty of Cross-Disciplinary Music Sherover Scholarship Fund In recent years, the Gabriel Sherover Foundation has donated noted that the Gabriel Sherover Foundation contribution scholarships of excellence for students at the Academy and the enables the Academy to increase the number of scholarships, Yehoshua Totenauer Ankor Choir who experience nancial and constitutes an important part of the Academy's aid to diculties on their way to realizing their artistic talent. Mr. disadvantaged gifted students. Micha Tal, Vice-President and Director-General of the Academy, 4 Honorary Awards granted at the International Board of Governors of the Academy in 2016

The Academy recorded in the Golden Book Mr. Motti Schmitt, violinist, teacher and world-renowned educator, who served for many years as lead musician in the Symphony Orchestra, IBA, and who is focused on performing and recording works by Israeli composers of past and present generations. At the Academy, as head of the String Department, he educated generations of young violinists, many of whom are prominent musicians in leading orchestras and ensembles in Israel and abroad; he initiated numerous musical activities, he founded the "Soloists of Jerusalem" orchestra and served as its conductor, and established the rst Jerusalem String Quartet with his colleagues at the Academy. Following a connection with youth mandolin players, he revealed the artistic abilities of the popular tool, and began to train teachers and students on artistic playing of this instrument, outstanding mandolin players came to study with him at the academy, and many of them have won national competitions and gained an international reputation. He conducted and directed the Academy Orchestra, and currently is in his third term of conducting and directing the Israeli Plucked String Orchestra. His contribution as an artist and teacher promoted and signicantly enriched the educational and artistic activity at the Academy.

Ms Smadar Kolben, musician, choral conductor and educator was recorded in the Golden Book for her dedicated operations and signicance in establishing the young Ankor Choir which she conducted at the Conservatory at the Academy, and for working as a music teacher and supervisor of Music Education in Jerusalem. As Director of the Academy High School of Music and Dance for ten years, she led the development of its importance in high school artistic education, by giving signicant impetus to artistic action by creating workshops, by improving the level of performance and by creating a tradition of opening the school year with festivals. She developed a vision of teamwork with school sta , sharing the responsibility for education of students with personal support for each student, above and beyond the call of duty. Under her leadership, a study track was created which combined professional art with social action, which led to the granting of special status to the school by the Ministry of Education and to the awarding of the Education Award of the Jerusalem Education Authority.

Composer, pianist, educator and creator Jazz Professor Slava Ganelin was recorded in the Golden Book for the artistic and educational work, which gave him an international reputation as a composer of chamber and symphonic works, opera, ballet music, and music for theater, cinema and television, as well as works in various jazz ensembles; a virtuoso, considered one of the greatest jazz musicians of the free world, who brought the art of improvisation to the highest level of expression coupled with perfection of form; and as a teacher whose lessons and master classes he gives in Israel, in the United States and Europe are considered an unforgettable musical experience by the students, during which he prompts his students to personal and original creative thought. At the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance he is a lecturer in jazz, who taught improvisation, piano, solfege-jazz and composition, and served as head of the jazz department. When the Cross-Disciplinary Instrumental Division was established, Prof. Ganelin developed important courses in composition for cinema and theater. His artistic and educational contribution to the Academy and to the world of music is a unique and immensely signicant.

5 The Academy Congratulates President and Dean Award Winners

AT THE OPENING OF THE 20161-17 SCHOOL YEAR A FESTIVE CEREMONY WAS HELD DURING WHICH ACADEMY PRESIDENT PROF. YINAM LEEF AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, ATTY. YAIR GREEN ADDRESSED THE STUDENTS AND DURING WHICH THE PRESIDENT AND FACULTY DEAN AWARDS WERE PRESENTED FOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR.

Students received awards for outstanding achievements in Academy President's Award: Ido Romano, composition – First year M.Mus. the eld of art and education, as well as for special Rationale: The prize was awarded for impressive achievements in contribution to the social and creative environment in all elds of study, especially in composition; for creating a which they operate and succeed. These are the names of well-formulated individual style, with outstanding rich the award winners: imagination, for composition technique at the highest level, for deep musical insights and for exquisite musical taste. Dean's Award, Faculty for the Performing Arts: Yuval Teeni, Classical Guitar, fourth year Dean's Award, Faculty for Composition, Conducting and Music Education: Rationale: The prize was awarded to a student who Tom Karni, Orchestra Conducting, third year demonstrated high achievements and excellence in Rationale: The prize was awarded for academic excellence and playing the classical guitar, combined with special merit in dedication to the profession of conducting where special theoretical studies. musical and technical talents are discovered. In addition, it was awarded for Tom's organizational skills and willingness to volunteer for any purpose, and to o er help and support of his Dean's Award, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Music Award: friends and colleagues. Gur Shafriri, Composition, third year Rationale: The prize was awarded for academic excellence in composition, for deep thinking based on knowledge of Dean's Award, Faculty of Dance: tradition, alongside original and personal reection, which Talia Elbaz, Dept. of Dance, fourth year is fundamental to a future of high artistic and creative Rationale: The prize was awarded for excellence in all fields of study levels. and work, to a great dancer at the core, a thorough and inquisitive student in academic studies, and as a teacher with full control of the material and of exceptional ability in presenting it to her students. Dean of Student's Award: Sarah Neviim, trumpet, third year Yael Eden, Dept. of Movement, fourth year Rationale: As part of the Perach project, Sarah has Rationale: The prize was awarded for excellence in the Movement voluntarily taken on the task of teaching a student who Department and in the Choreography Program, which takes form in was rejected from regular study tracks due to notable achievements in performance, in creative and theoretical adjustment problems. She guided and led him to an lessons alike, and in significant contribution, in both work and ideas, impressive performance at the end of year concert. in the classroom and for the Department.

News from the Jerusalem Academy a lively discussion was held with students on Center in Jerusalem, ahead of its trip to High School of Music and Dance the subject of performance-related skills. perform before the UN General Assembly in In late November there was a master class in New York. The ensemble is comprised of six The first semester of the year was full of events the music department's jazz program, hosted young musicians, including high school in the music and dance study tracks, along by Dana Stevens, one of the greatest student clarinetist Matan Sasson with a with community volunteer activities, saxophonists of our time, who lives and works flute,violin, piano, darbuka drum and string preparation for IDF recruitment and in New York and plays all over the world with instruments - oud and mandolin. The community involvement. leading musicians. The event was opened by program included songs in Hebrew and the jazz department coordinator, Tal Gamliel's Arabic arranged under the guidance of The Music Department trio, featuring two of the high school's teacher and pianist Zeev Toren. The weekly concert season of students and graduates, pianist Hai-Bar-David and The Dance Department guests appearing before the music drummer Amir Bar-Akiva. In the master class, At the end of October eleventh grade department opened. The first concert was students Alinoam Varshavsky, Yiftach Katz, dancers, accompanied by musicians from the given by percussionist and conductor Chen Itamar Dahan, Bar Filippovich and Jonathan high school, participated in the Parade of Zimbalista, and featured a quartet of string Tajer performed. The event was a fascinating Love, Reconciliation and Tolerance, which was players of the high school: Itamar Ben-Dahan, and exciting musical and learning experience titled "Flower of Love". Alex Pirsky, Noa Dekel and Isaac Nuri. The for the track's students. The event was held as part of the dance and special ensemble played pieces by Piazzolla, In early September the high school hosted a art festival "From Jaffa to Agrippa", held at the Eugene Levitas and JS Bach. After the concert Jewish-Arab ensemble from the Alpert Music Mahane Yehuda market to mark the opening 6 program in the community was started for concerts played by conservatory students. The pupils. first concert, a recital for clarinet and piano, was held in late December, with Roi Karni on clarinet and Tom Zalmanov on piano. The concert was a great success and received great reviews. This year two new bands opened at the Conservatory in collaboration with the Academy High School: of the school year. During the parade, the dancers handed out flowers of their own design In late October the eleventh grade students and created a wordless dialogue with the held a "Pink Day" at school, to raise awareness of audience through dance and music. breast cancer. During an active recess, the Students of the modern dance merit workshop students raised money by selling pink pastries visited Kibbutz Ga'aton for a fascinating day of and a operated a number of activity stations, work and study with Rami Be'er, the Kibbutz accompanied by jazz music. All funds collected Contemporary Dance Company were donated to the Oncology choreographer. Department at Shaare Zedek Hospital, where The newly united conservatory and high school students come to visit the sick, play for them symphony orchestra began work, conducted by Community volunteer activities and talk with them. Ziv Cojocaru, who referred to the new initiative: The seventh grade students volunteered for a They also spent a week in GADNA (pre-IDF "We see great importance in the consolidation of day at nursing homes in Ramat Eshkol and training) for one week, and spent one day the two large bodies of the conservatory and the Kiryat Yovel. The students interviewed the meeting with IDF commanders to learn about high school into one orchestra that will appear in elderly and cheered them with Chanukah significant service. several concerts throughout the year. The center songs and a dance performance. A delegation of twelfth grader students went to of the educational-artistic perception is about the Poland in late August, where pupils took part in players belonging to the community. This is a the ceremonies, which included pieces of music group of individuals who join together to form and songs which they had arranged, and which common artistic musical fulfillment. Being part of moved the students from other delegations. the orchestra-community means to understand the nature of individual responsibility in the face of Following the Azarya trial, twelfth grade the collective: to take full personal responsibility, students met with Ilana Dayan to study and but at the same time, act with mutual discuss the meaning of the trial and its responsibility in order to achieve the artistic implications for society and for the students, action. As well as being ambassadors of the The Eighth graders completed a month end of who are about to be drafted into the IDF. community, ambassadors of choice deepening, familiarity with hearing impairment. During the knowledge and professionalism. " month they heard lectures on the subject, The young string orchestra - consisting of fifth to contributed to a volunteers' organization, tenth grade students of the high school and learned sign language, met with the deaf conservatory, conducted by Uri Dror. student's parents who recounted the ways they "TeenyTiny" program for young children under cope with their situation, and completed the the direction of Dr. Michal Hefer continues to gain process by volunteering in kindergartens in momentum: Children age 3 months and older Rehavia and Abu Tor, where there were exciting participate in active listening sessions with their encounters with children with hearing parents, are familiarized with classical music and impairments, before whom they played and News from the Academy's jazz, Israeli and world music - through play, story, showed how to produce sounds with an Conservatory poetry , playing percussion and dance, and instrument. parents receive e-mail links to the pieces heard in In December 2016, the high school students A series of concerts "Teachers Play with class for continued play and song, at home, and to denoted the international Human Rights Day. Students" opened, where teachers and make music a key part of a vibrant family life until The school hosted a panel on "Asylum Seekers", students from different departments of the the stage of preparing concerts where they play featuring Omar Issa, an asylum seeker from conservatory perform pieces from the best with older children… This year opened a Darfur, and Ariella Zwikel, both members of the repertoire of all periods in joint ensembles. The multi-cultural group opened with parents and Executive Committee of the African first concert took place in late November, children from both East and West Jerusalem. Community Center Jerusalem. The meeting featuring teachers and student ensembles from was organized by a team of high school the Vocal, the Wind, the String and the teachers of citizenship. Keyboard Instrument Departments and crowd On the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day, the tenth showed its enthusiastic appreciation grade led the ceremony and held workshops The fifth season of the "Neighboring Sounds" on leadership and responsibility for the nature concert series at the Israel Museum Springer and management of public discourse. hall began. This excellent series combines a Following the activity, a three-year volunteering variety of chamber music pieces and solo

7 JAM'd - Jazz from the Academy On a Friday afternoon in mid-November 2016, the Jerusalem Academy outstanding students in the Division, whose graduates are recognized of Music and Dance brought a jazz show of the best jazz classics and and highly regarded around the world as ambassadors of the new original compositions to the Beit Hayotzer hall in sounds of Israeli jazz. Yuval Cohen the Tel Aviv port. Leading Israeli jazz artists summarized: "The Academy is very proud participated in the show: Eli Degibri, Yuval Cohen, of the department and its students, and the Ilan Salem, Rony Holan, Albert Beger, Yorai Oron, scholarships for outstanding students is Yaaki Levy and Katia Toobool, all the faculty of the important to us. That is why the entire Academy's Cross-Disciplinary Instrumental Division's sta and Academy sta got Division, along with students – the together to produce this special musical representative Jazz Ensemble led by Yaaki Levy, event". The show's program included as well as graduates Avior Rokach and Michael standards incorporated into new Edwards. The show, initiated by Mr. Yaron Gazit of arrangements, alongside special the Academy's Board of Governors and produced compositions written especially for this by the Cross-Disciplinary Instrumental Division concert, some as free improvisation jazz head Yuval Cohen, was created entirely by the compositions of the highest level, some as department's teachers, all of them international unique duets, others as quartets for whom jazz musicians and composers, along with their students. It was a it was their debut, and large ensembles; And the special musically unique and exciting event, received with great enthusiasm by the creative marathon ended with a jam session of all participants, in the crowd. All revenue from the show was dedicated to scholarships for tradition of jazz." Interview with Amir Kolben Amir, the Academy congratulates your appointment to the What is your vision for the continued development of the faculty, position of Dean of the Faculty of Dance. As a creative artist and to be realized in your tenure as Dean? as a teacher in many varied dance frameworks, how do you see One aspect that has not yet suciently reected in our the role of artistic education of the Faculty? educational work is the theoretical aspect. There is still no The Faculty of Dance at the Academy is a place that o ers emphasis on this aspect, even though there is a basic teaching in students a wide range of opportunities and options, much more the eld. This is one challenge for the future. We would also, as than anywhere else in the country. The undergraduate degree part of our fantasies, like to continue and rene the existing we o er is a unique B.Dance, while other institutions o er a B.Ed., tracks, and once again make the Academy a place where young which is in education. The undergraduate curriculum also dancers who want to get the training required come to become incorporates a teaching certicate, but it focuses on the artistic professional dancers. Continuing the performance work done at eld. And we also have a master's degree in dance, which is not the Faculty, the program of excellence in dance is the beginning granted by any other academic institution in the country. This is a of a signicant step forward in the eld. formal aspect, which is very important, but it is only one of many I hope to promote the Faculty as a leading institute in action and aspects and areas where there is a history in training, a not-so-simple-challenge of the Academy being the pioneer. due to our location in Jerusalem, with Another area where our faculty made a competition for recruiting rst-class breakthrough is the unique learning teachers versus Tel Aviv is erce, where system, divided into two elds: there is a critical mass of the dance movement and dance, which are very scene in the country. We have always di erent in content, but we also created overcome the disadvantage of location the possibility of combing these study position in Jerusalem, which is tracks to allow students to expand their perceived as not attractive, thanks to a horizons and experience a greater variety good study program and excellent of disciplines. Thanks to the approval of teachers. But I would also like to see us the Council for Higher Education, we integrate more with our alumni in the opened a new unique track on dance activity across the country. For choreography, which we think very those who are already working in the important, special track for third and eld, we o er an additional layer via the fourth year students interested in Master's program. But in the creativity. This year we are focusing on undergraduate degree, 95% of execution excellence program. And so the students have no real prior professional Academy o ers the entire range of experience. And on both levels our job possible directions for the future development of the students, is to create leadership also in the practice and also in the minds of the plan stands on three legs: the highest level of performance, all who are seeking a framework for personal development in of education and of creativity-choreography. dance. By: Galia Regev

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